KO HIKURANGI TE MAUNGA, KO WAIAPU TE AWA, KO NGATI POROU TE IWI.
I tu nga hui a hapu kei roto i nga Rohenga Tipuna a Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou mai i te 28 o Oketopa - 9 o Noema 2014 Ko te kaupapa a nga hui; Te ata whakaaro tenei kaupapa a Te WaiMaori • Te ata wananga , he aha nga whakaaro, nga tikanga hei • whakaora te mana me te mauri o te wai, • hei whakatinana to tatau mana Whakahaere • Te ata whakarongo ki te ia me te wairua o nga korero, a nga • whanau me nga hapu mo o ratou wai. 2 E ono nga hui Rohenga Tipuna, kotahi te Hui a Iwi a Ngati Porou •
How should the Crown recognise, give effect, promote and support Ngati Porou whanau & hapu maintain our mana whakahaere mo o tatau Wai? Nga hua; 1. Fulfil their obligation as expressed by the Prime Minister in his Media Statement of September 2012. 2 Negotiate with Ngati Porou our Rights and Interests in our Wai using a similar or improved process to that which the Crown used for our Takutaimoana. - Negotiate a Ngati Porou hapu Rights and Interests Deed mo te Wai 3 Enshrine Te Mana o Te Wai as the overarching principle in the 3 National Freshwater Policy Statement and in the National Objectives Framework.
PRIME MINISTER – 14 SEPTEMBER 2012 “ The government has a very clear position, it believes no one owns water, it does believe that on a case by case basis certain Maori may have rights and interests…but we don’t believe water is a nationalised issue; I don’t see the need for a national hui, national conversation .” Mr Key said. 4
TE MANA O TE WAI Te Mana o Te Wai Ngati Porou Framework Te Mana o Te Wai Toitu te mana Atua Te Kaitiakitanga o Ngati Porou me ona Toitu to matou mana Whenua hapu ki te whenua me nga wai i roto i tona ake rohe. Te Kaitiakitanga o nga hapu o Toitu to matou mana Kaitiaki ki te whakaora ki te manaaki te Wai Ngati Porou i te wai Te mana whakahaere o nga hapu o Ngati Porou i te wai. Toitu to matou mana Tangata Ko te Tiriti o Waitangi te tahuhu o nga Toitu te Tiriti o Waitangi, korero kei waenganui i a Ngati Porou me 5 te Karauna.
NGATI POROU ASSOCIATE WITH ALL THE WAI IN OUR ROHE MAI I POTIKIRUA KI TE TOKA A TAIAU? "a whanau".... Mana whakahaere, mana kaitiaki over the puna, springs, acquifiers on their whenua "a hapu"… Mana whakahaere , mana kaitiaki over the awa, creeks, lakes & springs that support the hapu and marae ”a Iwi”… Mana whakahaere ki nga awa o te Iwi, ara “ Ko Waiapu te awa, 6 Ko Ngati Porou te iwi ”
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TO MATOU WHAKAPAPA ME TE WHANAUNGATANGA KI TE WAI? Whakapapa Ahi Ka Kaitiakitanga 8
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We maintain, affirm and assert our relationship and association with the Wai by; * Maintaining our Ahi ka , we are overwhelmingly the largest group of people living in our rohe and we manaaki those living in our rohe. * Maintaining our mana Whenua , we still own the majority of whenua in our rohe. * Maintaining our Kaitiakitanga , we still practice our tikanga in relation to the way that we relate to the wai, how we use the wai, how we care for the wai and how the wai cares for us. * Maintaining our Rangatiratanga ; Whakatinana Te Tiriti o Waitangi - through a strengthened relationship with the Crown that enables us to influence legislation , co-produce policy and design mechanisms that promote, give effect and respect Te Mana o te Wai, including cultural, environmental economic and social wellbeing 10
We maintain, affirm and assert our relationship and association with the Wai by; strengthened relationship and decision-making role with the GDC through active participation in Resource management/freshwater management planning including ; setting water quality standards, determining access rights, prioritising use including the development and design of allocation mechanisms if required. Working with the GDC to ensure that they fulfil their obligations under the RMA and Local Government Act 11
OUR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS IN WAI * RIGHT OF SAY AND VETO * RIGHT TO PROTECT , NURTURE AND CARE FOR TE WAI * RIGHT OF ACCESS AND USE FOR ALL PURPOSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR WELLBEING * RIGHT TO DEVELOP 12
WHERE TO FROM HERE Ngati Porou with our whanaunga from the Horouta Collective agree to; Our rights and interests in our wai, being presented to the ILG-Freshwater through our representatives on the ILG and IAG and, The ILG and IAG recognising our views and reflecting those in a collective submission. Our rights and interests in our wai being presented to the ICF in Tauranga on 26-27 November: by our representatives Our rights and interests in our wai being presented to the Crown at Waitangi 2015 on the basis that Ngati Porou 13 will negotiate our rights and interests with the Crown.
“Te Wiwi Nati no Porourangi He iwi moke, no Waiapu No Whangaokena No Hikurangi Te Wiwi He Nati he whanoke” (Ta Apirana Ngata) 14
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